The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A TEXAS JURY in murder trial reached a YER
dict by drawing straws.

| A TEXAS JURY in a murder trial reached YER
dict by drawing straws.
ARIZONA sTocKMEN have organized to secure
the repeal of obnoxious State laws"
The bicycle has penetrated Persia It is said
six Of the machines are now in use at Teheran-
two by Persian mobiles, the others by telegraph
men.
Mrs. HOLMES, of Cincinnati who has just
reached home after 3,000-mie yacht cruise
through the great lakes, managed her own
yacht during the entire trip.
NEVADA is about as proud over the fact that a
big vein of fine anthracite coal has been struck as
it is of its silver mines. There's about as much
money in the coal, too, as in the silver.
LADY CLERK in the Coldwater post Office
proudly wears as pin small silver teaspoon
which the British overlooked when they pillaged
Peekskill, because it was hidden under baby s
head
PORTLAND, ORE, makes it's 100 saloons pay
$4S,000 into the treasury, and Portland landlords
charge the saloon-keepers rent to the amount Of
Sl92OO0 yearly This means that good many
men in Oregon support the saloons better than
they do their families.
POULTRY MEN say that pullets Matched by in
cubators and raised in breeders lay much sooner
than those hen Matched and raised. Trenton
man has one of these artificial young hens that
began laying when ten weeks old, and has laid
an egg a day ever since.
THE Elyton Land Company of Alabama re-
Gently declared script dividend of $1,000 per
share-equal to 1900 per cent. The STOCKHOLM
ers are TO issue bonds at 6per cent for 81 400 600
to pay off this dividend This is a watering of
stock worthy of Jay Gould.
THE flames from a sulphur pile that has been
burning for years broke out afresh in the forest
on hill between Wellsvie and Yellow Creek
T1Iacdav and nyaJxy fha oCff ~ a
WellSville citizens prevented the destruction of
several dwelling houses. The only loss was sew
eral miles of fencing.
CHRISTOPHER CHANCELLOR, who lives in the
Spoon river brakes, was digging a stock well a
few days ago, and when 1s feet below the sur
face he found 1913 petrified rattlesnakes. They
were as heavy as stone, and the largest one
measured feet in length and 2S19 inches in
circumference, and had forty-three rattles on it.
Tia Nashville (Tenn.) Board of Underwriters
are much disturbed over their losses on fire
risks, and have been meeting for the purpose of
deviSing some means for better protection. The
board asserts that it has paid out during the
past tive years III the city alone S50O,OOO more
than it received from the city and outlying dis
trict combined.
CHINA PAPERS, speaking of the recent census
of the empire taken by the authorities of Pekin,
state that the figures returned by the village
bailiffS make the population 319, 3S3, 500 which,
together with the estimate Of five provinces
omitted, makes the aggregate about 392 0O0, 600
These figures are independent of the population
of Corea, Thibet and KaShgar.
In an article describing the rooms of the
wealthy students of Harvard that of j. Pierre
pont Morgan, Jr., son of the New York banker,
finds conspicuous place. Just above the fire.
place in this room gun is suspended on a pair
of antlers and before the fire place lies the skin
of a huge bear; the mouth of the beast yawns at
from n In
of antlers hang another gun. a cartridge belt,
and pair of beaded moccasins.
THREE carpenters of Bloomfield, N. j., while
tearing away the shingles of house were sud
denly surrounded by thousands of bees, which
settled on them viciously and stung them so
badly about the face and hands that it was with
difficulty that they reached the ground. After
the bees had been driven off by the smoke of
burning sulphur the roof was torn off and
seventy five pounds of excellent buckwheat
honey was discovered between the wall and
weatherboardS.
A 14-YEAR-oLD BOY was found dead in a corn
bin in the elevator at Shabbona Grove, Ill,
Thursday. Some men were loading a car Wed
nesday out of the bin when the corn stopped
running and they carried the idea that the bin
was empty. Thursday it was noticed there was
plenty of corn in the bin, and an attempt was
made to load the car, without success. On
closer examination il was found that the boy
lay across the spout in such way as to stop
the flow of corn.
THE details published in late date China pa
pers of the loss of the Chinese transport Way
lee show that there were on board the vessel
about 500 Chinese soldiers and six Europeans,
and that 300 Chinese and all the Europeans. ex.
cept the chief mate, were drowned. The soldiers
are SAID TO have become ungovernable after the
accident, and to have by their conduct con-
tributed greatly to the enormous loss of life. 1t
is said that if the soldiers had allowed the boats
to be lowered, every soul could have been saved.
ACCORDING to the Electrician, a new and
quick method of soldering telegraph wires has
been invented in Russia. The principal ad-
vantage of it lies in the saving of time required
for the work, and also in the avoidance of any
"scrapng" which would to some extent reduce
the strength of the wire. The process consists
in dipping the two ends of the wi-e-already
embraced by binding wire-into a vessel holding
a considerable quantity of melted solder, upon
the top of which there is sufficient powdered
sal ammoniac TO leave a thick layer of liquid
salt. The ends OF the wire pressed into this
vessel are quickly joined, however dirty they
may be.
THE Austrian method of executing criminals
differs greatly from that in vogue in this coun-
try, and, though apparently more horrible in
the deliberate rigor of the arrangements is
more speedily effective The condemned is
placed against post at the top of which is a
hook and at the bottom pulley. A rope hav-
ing loop at each end is passed around the
neck of the victim, another is tied about his
feet, the end being passed through the pulley
| Two assistants then lift the man by means of
the rope about his neck about six inches and
suspend him from the hook at the top of the
post. At the same time the other assistants
pull with great force at the rope attached to the
feet Death ensues usually instantaneously
though there is a range from one-haf to two
minutes in many cases.
A BosToN man who, until he was 40 lived an
economic, Woodworking life and one which was
both happy and useful, had the misfortune at
that time to inherit from relative fortune of
some millions. He was instantly overwhelmed
with opportunities from all sides. Gifted with
an acutely sensitive New England conscience
he was not only anxious to do good with his
wealth, but he was almost morbidy afraid that
through ignorance or careeSsness he should do
harm with il. He investigated with the most
painful care the cases presented to him and he
literally agonized over the things he desired to
do, that he feared to do, and those that he was
urged TO do Two years of this worry killed
him. The Boston correspondent of the Proyi-
dence journal tells the story and quotes the at
tending physician as saying that the certificate
Of death should have been filled out, "Died of
his money"
THE Mexico THO Republics Of Oct 10, pub
lished the following: ION the morning of Feb
%, this year, the flag over the United States Le
CATION, In Mariscala street, was seen to be fv-
inc at half mast. An American met Minister Man
ming on his way to the legation and iolingIv in
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